In the name of democracy: the new head of the CIA, director Leon Panetta, has his work cut out as he settles into the new job.
The Middle East › Nbr. 2009, January 2009
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In the name of democracy: the new head of the CIA, director Leon Panetta, has his work cut out as he settles into the new job.
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Six months into his new term as head of the CIA, director Leon Panetta received a briefing that must have made the veteran politician sit back in his chair. The United States of America had assassination teams trained and ready to go, a 2001 covert programme to kill or capture Al Qaeda leaders, a fighting force hidden from even the highest levels of Congress. "A targeted killing programme," the media immediately ca...See the full content of this document
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